High Res textures

[Doodlecute]

Hello all, I'm looking for advice on making the high res textures in oblivion. In case I'm wrong on what they're called they're the files that end with an _n. Anyway I've been wanting to update my Frankenstein mod with a high res texture, but I apparently can only seem to make them in very high gloss. I even tried converting existing ones and cropping them together but somewhere during the conversion process they get the same high gloss effect. So any Tips?

[puddles]

A high-res texture is just a larger .dds file (usually 1024/2048/4096x1024/2048/4096). The _n map is the "normal map" that fakes 3-dimensional depth when used to render in-game.

[Doodlecute]

Okay so its the _n map that I want to make then. So any tips on that then?

[fejeena]

The _n is the normal map it can have lower resolution than the texture.

The xxx.dds 4096x4096 and the xxx_n.dds 2048x2048.

 

And the _n map can cause the glow, shine, wet effect. It's a bit tricky to make a good _n map.

Best you use an existing _n map

 

In this high res textures pack you have body textures with different pubic hair and areolas.

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/20022/

Choose the one you like, and choose the no wet effect version. Watch the xxx.dds to see pubic hair and areolas. Then copy the corresponding xxx_n.dds. Now you have your xxx_n.dds map, don't change or resize it.

And the xxx.dds you can rework. Change color, add Scar or tattoos, increase the resolution ( but more than 4096 is stupid, You also will not see any difference between 2048  and 4096. It's Oblivion, it's a old game )

 

That way, you do not have to create a _n.dds Map, you only create/change the .dds.

 

[Doodlecute]

Thanks for the link I'm sure I'll use that later (I somehow lost my base imperial one). Trouble is I wanted to create a _n map for my Frankenstein race because its very unique. The Frankensteinian is made up of pieces of different races including human, khajiit, argonian, and others. So I needed to make an _n map that could enhance the multiple skin types that it possesses. Since it has scales, fur and normal skin no existing _n map can do the job.